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November 5th, 2012 02:00
Dell XPS L501x Network Card keeps burning out
Hi,
First I would just like to say my laptop is out of warranty.
A while ago (around 5 months) my wireless card suddenly stopped working for no reason whatsoever. Since then I had been using a usb wifi dongle but I got sick of that so decided to find out what the problem was. All my drivers where up to date, I re-installed everything, no luck.
Opened the laptop up to find the wireless card had burnt out. Ordered a new one from Amazon (It was legit, more expensive than ebay ones)
Put the new one in everything worked fine, wireless back on as normal, now 3 days later, wireless randomly turned of again, smelled burning inside my laptop, opened it up and the new wireless card had burnt out again.
any ideas on what this could be? My friend thinks its the circuit, but I have no idea. I had defiantly connected everything properly as I have taken many laptops apart.
The network card is:
Model: 622ANHMW
Intel Centrino Advanced N6200
Everything else on the laptop works perfect.
Thank you
Telson A
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November 5th, 2012 05:00
Well, flashing the BIOS would be the first step. But, we need to get a wifi card to test it out, check and see if it did not burn out again. But that is not a feasible solution, best thing to do is take the laptop to a nearby service center and have them locate the root cause.
Telson A
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November 5th, 2012 03:00
Hi Sim,
Looks like the Motherboard is pushing more power than it should, could be a faulty one. Any change done to any of the other parts ? any replacements ?
sim18
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November 5th, 2012 04:00
Thanks for the reply.
I did buy the laptop refurbished. When I first got it, it was perfect nothing wrong with it and to answer your question nothing has gone wrong with any other parts
sim18
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November 5th, 2012 04:00
I haven't tried flashing my BIOS or checked for an updated version.
If I did flash the BIOS, would that mean I would have to buy a new wifi card to then check if that was the problem or is there another way around that?
Telson A
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November 5th, 2012 04:00
It could be faulty motherboard, giving out excess power to a wifi card it shouldn't. Have you tried flashing your BIOS ? checked if there is an updated version ?
sim18
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November 5th, 2012 07:00
Thanks, I will take it down to my local store :)